wading depth

100mm

G,day Lawrence, probably the height of your air intake, computer ,or other sensitve items, but most likely the air intake. Cheers

Hi Lawrence,
Vehicle manufacturers don't want owners coming back with a problem caused by wading and claiming that it be fixed under warranty so they are very conservative with their 'limits'.

They also don't want it to become a safety issue. If you are lightly loaded it often comes as a surprise to owners just how easy a vehicle can float ! (usually the back end first). If your vehicle starts to float you loose traction and can end up drifting down river - not a good look, possibly with disastrous consequences ! So, to avoid litigation the manufacturers seem to choose a wading depth that you can't argue with. The vehicle MAY be able to cross a deeper river but don't blame the manufacturer if it ingests water into the engine, diffs, gearbox, wheel bearings etc. or floats off down river as they have plainly stated in the owners manual that you should not have been driving in that depth of water.

In my experience the average 'recommended' maximum is about half wheel height.

Rating is also time based Lawerance although not stated so I guess its an amount of water leaking past various seals.

Mines a petrol GU so can usually take a bit more with the air intake pipe at air filter at a height of 1200mm - mind you the car begins to float at about 1100mm
anyway and I chicken out after that , so never needed a snorkel etc

Robin Miller

Quite a few fourbies seem to have a wading depth specc'd at 700mm or close to it.
I take it as the point where water would enter the air intake - a complete disaster in a diesel of course...... the alternator on mine would get wet before 700mm, but maybe not while 'charging' through the water ....... a snorkel adds about a metre and the big bonus is cleaner air resulting in fewer air filter services. I reckon a small tarp on the front for the vitals, plus the snorkel is a good plan.

I think that any water above testicle height ceases to become wading depth and then becomes swimming depth.
If you do the unmanly thing and send the girls across, you probably should not let Tasmania get wet.
Just my opinion for what it's worth.

I had a new disco once after about 3 months got a survey fron LR,sent it back complaining that water came inside soaking carpets,LR replied advising wading depth is below floor height....ooopps

also discos used to require a WADING plug to be fitted in timing case cover plus another plug to be fitted in bottom of gearbox,but interestingly they were not supplied with a new disco you had to buy them seperately....

Saw some Army lanrovers near Darwin a while back that had a white line marker painted on the side indicating max water depth. The line was below door sill !

We always send the girls across first. If it is knee deep ( Fa- nee that is) that's deep enough!! We applied the same rule when wading Tunnel Creek in the Kimberley. Send them in first !!

Top of the tyres does me - I never felt the need to be macho.

hi
not being 100% conversant with to 2 models in question just curious to know are the fan heights the same or could this have some bearing on the question would be intersted to know
cheers steve